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Override

noun
/əʊ.vəˈɹaɪd/
Word Frequency: 2.0

Definitions

1.nounA mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
2.nounA royalty.
3.nounA device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
4.nounA method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.
5.verbTo ride across or beyond something.
6.verbTo ride a horse too hard.
7.verbTo counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
"The Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law."
8.verbTo define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.

Synonyms

overturnoverthrowreverseoverruletranscendoverpowerovercomeoutstripoutweighoutdooutperformexceed

Rhymes With

abidestridesnidechidederideprovideglidepreoccupied
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